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Re: [PATCH] "git help -a" should search all exec_paths and PATH

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 21, 2007, 22:25 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0710212323580.25221@racer.site>
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<20071021214846.GI16291@srparish.net>
Hi,
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Scott R Parish wrote:
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> Currently "git help -a" only searches in the highest priority exec_path, 
> meaning at worst, nothing is listed if the git commands are only 
> available from the PATH. It also makes git slightly less extensible.
> 
> To fix this, help.c is modified to search in all the exec_paths and PATH
> for potential git commands.

With this explanation, I would have expected that you add a loop just like in exec-cmd.c. Not anything more. And certainly not the removal of a sanity check for the length of the path name.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. "git help -a" should search all exec_paths and PATHScott R Parish, Oct 21, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 21, 2007
  3. Scott ParishOct 22, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceOct 22, 2007
  5. Scott ParishOct 22, 2007
  6. Shawn O. PearceOct 22, 2007
  7. Johannes SixtOct 22, 2007

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